Keywords: Ahmad ibn Hajji Abi Bakr al-Katib - Illuminated Preface to the Fifth Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi) - Walters W625203B - Full Page.jpg This folio from Walters manuscript W 625 is the right side of a double-page illuminated preface written in Persian to the 5th book daftar of the Collection of poems Masnavi-i ma'navi The text is written in gold Tawqi script The text area is framed by a border of gilt and polychrome decoration on a blue ground islamic 1461 865 ink and pigments on buff-colored laid paper cm 24 5 16 accession number W 625 203B 80042 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Iran Walters Art Museum license 2D Rumi Poems Walters MS 625 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |